Opinion The Silent Water Collapse, South Africa’s Next Infrastructure Emergency February 28, 2026 Mothusi Shupinyane We have become a country trained to listen for the sound of electricity going off. When the lights flicker, we react. When the grid stabilises, we celebrate. But somewhere beneath…
Opinion North West’s job gains are encouraging, but real reinvention requires infrastructure depth February 22, 2026 Mothusi Shupinyane The 6.2 percentage point drop in official unemployment in the North West is more than a statistical footnote. According to Statistics South Africa, while the national unemployment rate declined by…
News Boikhutso residents demand answers over damaged graves January 23, 2026 Mothusi Shupinyane Families in Boikhutso township in Lichtenburg say they can no longer locate their relatives’ graves after the North West Department of Health exhumed 11 graves in 2023, claiming it was…
